As Germany approaches the twenty-first century, it faces a variety of political, economic and social problems that put the recently united country to the test. Experiencing a dual crisis, Germany's challenge is to manage both the transformation to a postindustrial society and the effects of unification. International scholars address the different aspects of the predicaments Germany finds itself in, and reflect concerns and questions that have been raised about the future of the German model in the broadest sense.
Issue: до 2011-01
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-274) and index
Germany and European integration / Hans J. Michelmann -- Phoenix from the ashes : contending theoretical perspectives on German foreign policy / Christian Tuschhoff -- Germany divided, Germany unified : the national question, 1945-1990 / Matthias Zimmer -- Political culture in Germany and the legacies of the GDR / Gert-Joachim Glaessner -- Party system in transition / Stefan Immerfall, Andreas Sobisch -- The orderly and the extremist : understanding German political culture / Thomas Hueglin -- "Social market economy" and West German identity / Dieter Haselbach -- Industrial relations in Germany : an exemplary model put to the test / Thomas von Winter -- Youth, education and work in Germany / Walter R. Heinz -- Women and social policy in a divided and unified Germany / Katherine Nash
